Thalassocyon Explained

Thalassocyon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Thalassocyonidae.

Taxonomy

Riedel (1995) elevated this genus to a family level (Thalassocyonidae), a vision not supported in Verhaeghe & Poppe (2000), nor in Bouchet, Rocroi et al. (2005)

Distribution

This genus is found from South Africa to the Kermadec Islands and the North Island of New Zealand.

Species

• Thalassocyon bonus Barnard, 1960
• Thalassocyon tui Dell, 1967
• Thalassocyon wareni F. Riedel, 2000

References

• Barnard K.H. (1960). New species of South African marine gastropods. Journal of Conchology. 24: 438–442.
• Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G.T. (2000) A Conchological Iconography 3: The family Ficidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks

Further reading

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
• Beu A.G. (1969). The gastropod genus Thalassocyon Barnard, 1960. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 3(3): 445-452
• Royal Society of New Zealand